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time unless a majority of the entire Commission shall vote in favor of such deferral. (b) AUTHORITY TO PLACE ITEMS ON AGENDA. Matters may be placed on the agenda by any City Commissioner, the City Manager, the City Attorney or the City Clerk. (c) APPROV AL OF MINUTES. Unless a reading of the minutes of a meeting is requested by a majority of the Commission, such minutes, when approved by the Commission and signed by the presiding officer and the City clerk, shall be considered approved without reading; provided that the City Clerk shall place a copy of the minutes of each meeting, as soon as they have been completed, at a designated place in the City Clerk's office where they may be examined by the Commissioners prior to formal approval. All minutes shall be summary in nature and not verbatim. The minutes of prior meetings may only be approved by a majority of the Commissioners present at a meeting of the Commission, and upon such approval shall become the official minutes. (d) FOUR (4) DAY RULE. A CoPY of each agenda item shall be furnished to the members of the Commission no later than four (4) days before a vote may be called on the item. unless a majority of the Commissioners agrees to waive the rule. or. unless the City Manager deems an item to be of a sufficiently urgent nature that it needs to be acted upon before the new agenda. This rule is not applicable to workshops. special or emergency meetings. This rule shall not apply to advisory boards or committees established by the City Commission. Section 2. Section 74-19 of Chapter 74 of the Code of the City of Sunny Isles Beach also referred to as Rule 6.04 ADDRESSING COMMISSION. MANNER. TIME is hereby amended as follows: Rule 6.02. CITIZENS' PRESENTATIONS; PUBLIC HEARINGS. (a) CITIZENS' PRESENTATIONS. Any citizen shall be entitled to have an item placed on the official agenda of a regular meeting of the Commission and be heard concerning any matter within the scope of the jurisdiction of the Commission. Only Commissioners and the City Manager may place citizens' items on the official agenda. (b) PUBLIC HEARINGS. Any citizen shall be entitled to speak on any matter appearing on the official agenda under the section entitled "Public Hearings" subject to the Citizens' Bill of Rights and these rules of procedure. Rule 6.03. REGISTRATION OF SPEAKERS. (a) Registration of speakers may be required by the presiding officer. If so, the City Clerk shall prepare appropriate registration cards which should indicate the speaker's name, the agenda item on which he or she is speaking., afld ','/nether he or sfie is ~eakiB:g in favor of, against, or is seeking information aboat, the proposed item. (b) If registration is required on a particular agenda item, failure to comply with the registration provisions ofthis paragraph may prohibit a person from speaking. Amendment to Rules of Procedure/Chapter 74 and Ord. 2004-107 Legislation/Ordinances LMD 5/27/2004- 2:13 PM